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Title: Antaeus Poem Analysis
Description: This includes an analysis of the poem.
Description: This includes an analysis of the poem.
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Poetry Analysis—TP-CASTT
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ATTITUDE
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-Antaeus was a figure from Greek/North African mythology
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Thus, I think that this poem will be about someone feeling invincible and on top of
the world
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When I fall, I
rub myself with sand
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-With both root and rock (elements of the Earth), I am both cradled and nurtured by the
Earth
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-When he lifted me off of the Earth, then I had my fall
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This simile introduces and emphasizes the speaker’s intimacy with the Earth
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-Simile in Lines 5-6: (“That is operative/As an elixir”)
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Clearly, the Earth has a positive effect on the
speaker
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This narrative is enriched with the vocabulary of child-rearing
(wombed/cradled/nurtured), which shows how close the speaker is to the Earth by
giving it motherly qualities
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Elevation and fall are clearly
two separate actions
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This poem has two main attitudes: the speaker’s feelings about Earth and the speaker’s
feelings about other people who mistreat Earth
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This is evident
throughout the entire poem:
1
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“earth's long contour, her river-veins”: Line 7
3
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-The speaker clearly is criticizing those who bring unnecessary chaos to others
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-Stanza 3: This part shifts from describing the motherly qualities of Earth to a statement
aimed at people who bring about unnecessary chaos or tries to obtain “the golden
apples and Atlas
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This is the only part in the poem that is not in a
complete sentence, which is used to emphasize the weakness of being separated from
Mother Earth
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Everyone has a weakness
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In this case, the speaker’s weakness is separation from Earth
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Usually Hercules, the son of Zeus, is portrayed as a great hero slaying a
monster, but Heaney takes a different view
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There are definite parallels between the senseless violence Heaney depicts in this
poem, and the brutality he observed and continues to observe in Ireland
Title: Antaeus Poem Analysis
Description: This includes an analysis of the poem.
Description: This includes an analysis of the poem.